hash browns

plural noun

: boiled potatoes that have been diced or shredded, mixed with chopped onions and shortening, and fried usually until they form a browned cake

called also hash brown potatoes, hashed brown potatoes, hashed browns

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Their festive feast gift collection includes two porterhouse steaks, four ground porterhouse burgers, four rustic hash browns, four baguettes with garlic butter, one package of butcher's steak butter, and Omaha Steaks seasoning. Kaila Yu, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Frozen hash browns get baked in a mixture of onions, cheese, sour cream, and eggs, which are then topped with Cheddar cheese and bacon. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024 Some goetta, some eggs and maybe some hash browns or toast. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2024 The menu: Patrons of Matta will see some familiar items, like the coconut milk shrimp omelet and smashed pork patty breakfast sandwich with hash browns. Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hash browns 

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hash browns was in 1926

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“Hash browns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20browns. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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